I felt like I had been transported back to 1999 with the deficient technology we had back then compared to what we have today. Sarah Koenig’s storytelling and journalistic approach was a roller coaster ride of facts, stories, and questions. The high school scene, the shifting statements to police, the prejudices, the sketchy alibis, the scant forensic evidence - all of it leads back to the most basic questions: How can you know a person’s character? How can you tell what they’re capable of? In Season One of Serial, she looks for answers.” Review She discovered that the trial covered up a far more complicated story than the jury – or the public – ever got to hear. Sarah Koenig sorted through thousands of documents, listened to trial testimony and police interrogations, and talked to everyone she could find who remembered what happened between Adnan Syed and Hae Min Lee. Some people believe he’s telling the truth. But Adnan has always maintained he had nothing to do with Hae’s death. The case against him was largely based on the story of one witness, Adnan’s friend Jay, who testified that he helped Adnan bury Hae’s body. Her 17-year-old ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, was arrested for the crime, and within a year, he was sentenced to life in prison. “A high-school senior named Hae Min Lee disappeared one day after school in 1999, in Baltimore County, Maryland. A month later, her body was found in a city park. Podcast OverviewĪccording to, Season One of Serial tells the story about the following: They also said that they were not going to recount the twelve episodes of Serial, so those of us who have been “living under a rock” should go listen to the first season of Serial before coming back to the episode, which is what I did.

I came upon the twentieth episode titled “ADNAN: What Serial Didn’t Tell You.” Ashley Flowers opened the episode with producer Brit Prawat and told listeners that they were out to make a special episode to fill in the gaps with what Serial left out.

Crime Junkie stuck with me, so I started at the beginning to listen to all the episodes and “catch up.” I also learned quickly that I was not a fan of consistent banter and back-and-forth with hosts or guests. I learned quickly that I enjoyed listening to a story being told, like on public radio. I’ve always been a fan of true crime and was beginning to dabble with my listening selections in the podcast world. A few months ago, I started listening to Crime Junkie and was hooked.

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